26/11: Public angst assuaged by Kasab hanging

November 26, 2012 16:48

The fourth anniversary of the 26/11 terror strike saw people's angst assuaged by the recent execution of Ajmal Kasab.

"We were very happy when Kasab was executed. The government was late in deciding, but it was the right decision,' said Abbas Qureshi, a local resident.

Kasab was executed on the morning of November 21 amid great secrecy, underscoring the political sensitivity of the November 26, 2008, massacre, which still casts a pall over relations between nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India.

The execution seemed to have restored the people's faith in the government's ability to send out a warning to those intending to make attacks on the country.

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